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Questions / Use Musicbee on a smart TV
« on: February 15, 2022, 06:54:12 PM »
is it possible to install the portable edition on an external hard drive and then play it on a smart tv?

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the only problem with this is if MB has already tagged everything wrong (not how you have it organized in your folder) then you have to track down each track and do it in MB.  if you do it in windows explorer you can do all the tracks at one time. very fast and simple

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Questions / Re: Greatest Hits???
« on: June 09, 2019, 06:40:36 PM »
the only problem with this is if MB has already tagged everything wrong (not how you have it organized in your folder) then you have to track down each track and do it in MB.  if you do it in windows explorer you can do all the tracks at one time. very fast and simple

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Questions / Re: Greatest Hits???
« on: June 09, 2019, 12:49:10 PM »
don't know if you fixed this but I thought I would how I fixed it.  I came across this issue as well particularly with compilation albums.

the easiest way I found is to do the following, assuming your using windows pc:

use windows explorer to open the folder of the music files you want to modify.  example: music/100 new wave hits

highlight all of the files in the folder

right click and choose properties

make sure/change album name is 100 new wave hits.  this will change all of the songs in that folder to be on one album / 100 new wave hits.  if you have albums for example, 100 hits of the 50's divide into each year of the 50's over ten folders, then you have to do each sub-folder.  in each sub-folder you would highlight all of the songs, right click and choose properties and name album 100 hits of the 50's, 1950.  then you need to make album artist 100 hits of the 50's.  this will make sure that all of the songs from your 100 hits of the 50's stays in the same category, 100 hits of the 50's.  then by naming the album artist by the year you will divide them into the  1950 thru 1959 years.  I hope this make sense.

this is by far the easiest way I have found to solve this issue and it works very well.  but you have to remember to not allow MB or another program to re-tag them.

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don't know if you fixed this but I thought I would how I fixed it.  I came across this issue as well particularly with compilation albums.

the easiest way I found is to do the following, assuming your using windows pc:

use windows explorer to open the folder of the music files you want to modify.  example: music/100 new wave hits

highlight all of the files in the folder

right click and choose properties

make sure/change album name is 100 new wave hits.  this will change all of the songs in that folder to be on one album / 100 new wave hits.  if you have albums for example, 100 hits of the 50's divide into each year of the 50's over ten folders, then you have to do each sub-folder.  in each sub-folder you would highlight all of the songs, right click and choose properties and name album 100 hits of the 50's, 1950.  then you need to make album artist 100 hits of the 50's.  this will make sure that all of the songs from your 100 hits of the 50's stays in the same category, 100 hits of the 50's.  then by naming the album artist by the year you will divide them into the  1950 thru 1959 years.  I hope this make sense.

this is by far the easiest way I have found to solve this issue and it works very well.  but you have to remember to not allow MB or another program to re-tag them.



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it would be great if in the Now Playing window the artist info would automatically scroll slowly so you just relax with a beer and read it as you listen.  I listen to my music on my media pc with a 70" TV screen.  when I have guests over they love it.  

cheers

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: A mirroring app for IOS or android
« on: February 19, 2019, 07:59:54 PM »
thx for the link, I will look into it.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: A mirroring app for IOS or android
« on: February 19, 2019, 05:18:34 PM »
Here are the few issues that I have with the mobile app

1.   Does not stay connected to the PC app.  When I want to use it I have to reconnect it through preferences on the PC app kind of annoying.

2.   When you go to the library screen on the mobile app it always starts with the genre screen.  I would prefer that it start with artist.  Who really selects music play based on genre?

3.   Under the artist screen of the mobile app it is a total mess.  It lists every artist on every song in your music collection.  This is a problem.  I have my collection organized by artist so each artist has their albums under them.  However an artist might be on another album (Christmas compilation) or guest on another artist’s album.  This is where the problem comes from.  I suspect that the mobile app finds every tag of an artist and list them as that artist.  For example I have Amy Grant but the mobile app lists Amy Grant and Amy Grant;(insert other artist name here) so I end up having around twenty listing of Amy Grant.  The reality is I only have one Amy Grant folder in my collection but she might be on other albums.  So the tagging is an issue.  It is not how I have my collection organized on the PC.  This makes searching through and finding what you really want very arduous.

4.   If I find Amy and want to play only her albums I can’t just select Amy and start play.  Once I select Amy I then get every album she is on whether it is just her album or she is on someone else album or compilation.  Again this is a problem as they are not just her albums but any albums she is on.  I then have to select which album I want to play, again it doesn’t start playing automatically like the PC app, I have to select a song and it will only play that song not the entire album.

5.   You cannot play an album from the mobile app.  It will play the first song, or whichever song you select, but it will not play the entire album.  It only plays the one song then stops.  It will not move to the next song.  However, if you start the album play from the PC the mobile app it will play the entire album and will allow you to move to the next song or fast forward.

6.   As best as I can tell it will only play one song at a time when you start play from the mobile app.  However, if you start play from the PC it does work a little better.  You can select an artist from PC start play and the mobile app will let you fast forward to the next song but you can’t jump to the last song or the next album, you can only fast forward through that album or on to the next album if there is one.  When you have finished the last song on the last album it stops.

7.   It does keep playing if you have auto DJ on and it allows you to fast forward to the next track in auto DJ mode.

8.   Lack of album art on the album or artist library pages.  It only shows album art on the home screen or now playing screen.

9.   Again, if you start play from the PC it does work better but once you try and take control on the mobile app it only allows you to play one song at a time.

These are the main issues I have found so far.  Perhaps there are more and perhaps I don’t understand how it works.

But basically it is, as best I can tell, great for trying to find a song and playing that song and only that song.  This is why I was wishing for an app that would mirror the PC app and respond accordingly.  I could then navigate and play as I would on the PC except do it in my hand.

Cheers

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: A mirroring app for IOS or android
« on: February 18, 2019, 09:30:53 PM »
thank you for the info.  I was able to get it up and operation.  while I appreciate the effort it doesn't really work all that well.  it can play tunes fine if you can find them through the remote interface but it has a host of problems/idiosyncrasies that make it hard to use or even worthwhile.  again I appreciate the effort just being honest.  if anyone is interested would be happy to list the issues as I see them.

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MusicBee Wishlist / A mirroring app for IOS or android
« on: February 17, 2019, 03:01:20 PM »
A mirroring app for IOS or android would be great.  I have a lot of get togethers and people are always asking about my music collection.  presently around 5400 albums 680 gig.  they want to know if I have this or that?  it would be great to hand them my iPhone, ipad or Samsung tablet and let them scroll, search and play what they want without having to open up the computer. 

thank you for a great music program absolutely love it.

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Questions / Re: Zune user switching to MB with questions
« on: July 30, 2018, 01:41:01 PM »

Have you tried using the computer node in MusicBee? Or displaying albums in the Thumbnail Browser and using drag & drop? (Remember that this has to be enabled in Preferences.)  Or if your albums are organized by folder, have you tried the "files for each album are in their own folder" setting in Sorting/Grouping?


thanks for this.  I have tried the computer mode but found working with WE was easier, I guess I am used to it. 

didn't know about the edit for albums are in their own folder, that sure would have made things easier.  I still am missing how to find and use the drag n drop feature.  I usually use MB in the music explorer mode with thumbnails on the left.  when I try a drag and drop it doesn't work and I get a screen error and this wont go away until I close MB and restart.  I was going to attach a photo of it but I guess you cant on this forum without url.  it is a red circle with a line through it and a text bow with the number of tracks in the artist I was trying to move.

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Questions / Re: Zune user switching to MB with questions
« on: July 27, 2018, 09:05:06 PM »
the only problem I have with using MB to edit as you suggest is that I have to go and find the tracks one by one in MB, not always an easy thing to do.  in windows explorer I can go right to the artist/album highlight all of the tracks and do the edit there.

but I have noticed that sometimes multiple disks of the same album still separate.  I have found that it is do to something like one has a different date or the punctuation is off a little or letter missing.  when that happens it is easier to correct this with the MB edit function.

drag and drop feature in MB would be great.

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Questions / Re: Zune user switching to MB with questions
« on: July 24, 2018, 02:46:04 PM »
i have figured out a quick way to combine all of the individual songs into the compilation albums.  in windows explorer go to the folder where you have the album.  open the album and highlight all of the songs.  right click and click on properties then click on the details tab.  go to album artist and type in the artist name. (in my case because it is a compilation of many artists I give it the album name)  this way if I have a piano chill album with multiple artists it will put them in on album.

you might have a few tracks that need additional adjustments through the properties menu in windows not MB edit menu

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Questions / Re: Zune user switching to MB with questions
« on: July 20, 2018, 03:39:10 PM »
over the past week I have been working my way through MB and I am very impressed with it.  it is almost too much...

i am working my through my collection artist by artist making sure that the tagging is correct and the artwork is correct.  what I have found is that sometimes a track, usually form a compilation, is off on its own and not combined in the compilation album.  I also find that this happens mostly with an album that is unusual.  by that I mean it is not easily found through the various tagging software I have.  I buy a lot of international music when I travel.  so I have these individual tracks out there that I need to move/combine into the album that they belong to.

I know for a fact that all of my music is organized and not just an individual track setting out there.  if I go to the edit menu on a track that I want to combine and locate in computer node, it is where it should be.  but MB thinks it is out on its own.  MB seems to be tagging it by artist instead of album.  obviously I can go to the edit menu and type in the correct info but this will take weeks and weeks with my collection.  this is why the drag and drop would make it so easy.

as I have said before, in Zune you can drag and drop which makes it vary easy.  I have tried what you have pointed out and everything I can think of and I cannot figure out how to drag and drop anything. 

inregards to my library, i have all of my music on its own hard drive and its the only thing on that drive.  that is the location that i had MB scan with first installed.  i have noticed that under MB/file/library/open library it is not the location of my music collection or what i told MB to scan at install.  it is pointing to the default location for windows.  however, i know MB is scanning my location at each start up because it is finding the changes/deletions that have been made.

help me figure out how to easily get individual tracks back home and i'm good.  again it is in music explorer where this is really an issue.  this view is where i will probably operate MB from when listening.

thanks



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Questions / Re: Zune user switching to MB with questions
« on: July 17, 2018, 04:24:14 PM »
psychoadept, thank you for the thought out response.  I will look into your suggestions and let you know what I find out.

phred seems confused between creating playlists, combining individual tracks back into an album n drag n drop.

it is obviously going to take some time and effort to get my collection, 151,00 tracks, into MB.

my collection is already volume leveled.  I have always done that before adding to my collection using MP3gain which works quite well.  it was nice to see volume leveling in MB.  additionally all of my collection has been tagged using Musicbrainz Picard which works quite well also.

overall MB seems to be handling most of the items quite well, but those that it doesn't it has real trouble with and trying to get those items integrate is taking some effort. 

still having trouble with individual tracks not combining back into an album and staying there.  additionally MB doesn't seem to auto update when a new album is added to the monitored file.  is it that I have to do a rescan every time?




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